VIDEO: Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris and will be the next president of the United States

The Republican candidate won the majority of votes in key states. He surpassed the 270 electors needed to reach the White House again. The challenges he will face in his second term

Laureano Perez Izquierdo
Director Infobae America

Donald Trump will return to the Casa Blanca. The candidate of the Republican Party won the elections and will become -for the second time- the president of the United States. The former president won the majority of votes in the crucial and close electionsswing states" who defined the national elections over his rival, the current vice president Kamala Harris.

Trump celebrated the triumph in the Palm Beach Convention Center, in the south of Florida, surrounded by family members, advisors, businessmen, political leaders and supporters of his party. To achieve his resounding victory - and exceed the 270 electors needed - the former American president between 2017 and 2021 won - as expected - by a narrow margin in Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan y Wisconsin, the famous “swing states”, considered key to achieving the majority of votes.

El Democratic Party its performance dropped considerably compared to the 2020 general elections. In that already distant November Joe Biden -who resigned from his candidacy to be reelected after his poor performance in the televised debate on June 28 with Trump– had emerged victorious in Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin y Arizona, which on this occasion were elusive to his vice. Biden I had only lost in North Carolina, a bastion that the Republicans held four years later.

But the good news continued during “Super Tuesday” for the Republican Party who also won a majority in the Senate, which will give greater power to the future administration. The crucial victories to gain control of the upper house were Bernie Moreno in Ohio, Jim Justice in West Virginia and Deb Fischer, who retained his seat in Nebraska.

And not only that. Donald Trump He received popular support, unprecedented for a Republican candidate, who in recent races have been accustomed to guaranteeing their arrival at the Casa Blanca only with the votes of the Electoral College. This time, in addition to getting the voters necessary to reach the highest level of the Executive Branch, Trump added more than 69 million votes against the 64 million he received Kamala Harris, who awaited the bitter results in Howard University, its alma mater. "We achieved a historic political victory"He said when he declared himself victorious from Palm Beach and before a crowd.

Challenges for Trump

Trump will replace Biden, the 46th president in American history. He will face a very different nation than the one he left in January 2021 when he stepped down Washington DC to move to Palm Beach to begin to reconstruct his return, amidst trials, accusations and complaints of all kinds. But not only that: above all, the world appears completely different from what it was four years ago.

When Trump He left power in the midst of the pandemic. Covid-19 which paralyzed global economies except for those of the United States, which remained buoyant, albeit with some health restrictions and a high cost in lives. And while its disputes with China -the regime that hid the start of the coronavirus from the world- increased due to commercial and economic issues, at that time Beijing did not harass weekly Taiwán with military maneuvers and simulations of maritime and air blockades, endangering regional and international security.

With 95% of the tables counted and some swing states still to be defined, he celebrated with his supporters at the campaign center

During his campaign he promised tariffs on Chinese products and other imports; lower taxes and attack inflation, one of the factors that prevented him from Harris will continue the steps of BidenSome emerging economies should take note.

Today, Asia is experiencing moments of anxiety due to the growing military activity driven by Xi Jinping. Japan, South Korea y Philippines -together with the democratic government of Taipei- are strategic partners in the Pacific Ocean  of the United States. Trump He may possibly sponsor - following his style of direct diplomacy - a summit with the head of the Chinese autocracy to try to contain the warlike impulse that he has shown in recent years. But these negotiations will be intertwined with others that are of interest to the Chinese Communist Party (PCC): the restrictions that Washington imposed on Beijing in the purchase of microprocessors, key to military technological development and hegemony in the coming decades.

Another scenario that Trump promised to solve in a short time is the bloody invasion of Ukraine sorted by Vladimir PutinWho will he sit down with first? Or rather, who will he convince first? It will be difficult for him to do so. Putin leave the occupied territory unconditionally. Much less now that he has obtained invaluable help from his friend, the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, an old acquaintance of the president-elect. The Russian will not want to remain an international pariah either. The requests are piling up. Surely, Putin will ask for more than what Volodymyr Zelensky He is either willing to negotiate or resign. The war has been going on for an eternal and bloody 987 days. The deaths and casualties are numerous, but the Ukrainian troops - and its economy - are exhausted. The Russian head of state knows this. What will he do? Europe in the face of this new scenario? It's too early to tell. Just in case, Emmanuel Macron, President of France, was one of the first to greet him.

The other sand in which you will have to immerse your feet will be Middle East. Israel has been waging a war since October 7, 2023 to end Hamas and Hezbollah, In  Gaza Strip and in Lebanon, respectively. Both terrorist groups are targeted by Tel Aviv, after they began their attacks against Israeli territory and people. They massacred women, children and innocent people. They also Iran, the theocratic regime that sheltered them for years, entered into combat. Trump knows how Tehran works. He confirmed this when he ordered the removal on January 3, 2020 Iraq de Qassem Soleimani, Iran's top general, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard.

The triumph of Trump It is bad news for the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who seems to find the strategy of “eternal patience” and the use of foreign militias no longer useful against his enemies. Will an even greater conflict be precipitated in Middle East before the Republican arrives at the Casa BlancaHow could I act? Tehran against Israel without an air force that can match its power in the skies? What will happen to its nuclear plan, a program that Trump postponed forever?

Whatever the Iranian regime's decision before the Republican took office, Washington would offer all its resources to Tel Aviv for his defense, even though the Democratic administration is coming to an end. An all-out attack on Israel It would constitute a serious miscalculation on the part of Khamenei, whose alternatives are increasingly reduced. What will it do? Tehran when Trump take power next January?

Donald Trump will experience a completely different world than the one he left in 2021. He has three very delicate war fronts that could lead to a world war, this time with nuclear powers facing him.I'm going to end wars, not start wars"he said in his proclamation speech from the Convention Center Palm Beach. It will be, after a long time in history, a president in times of war. Although he has not freed any.

Source: INFOBAE